# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=false&page=192 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 193 --- ## [Whispers disappear from the display but still are in the database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-disappear-from-the-display-but-still-are-in-the-database/380957)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-disappear-from-the-display-but-still-are-in-the-database/380957 "2025-08-30T13:20:45Z")
Hi, a little curiosity, until now I didn’t have a problem with whispers. I just created one on a post I authored as admin, and the whisper appears in the post. However, as soon as I refresh the page, it disappears - it’s… --- ## [Category permissions checkboxes do not align when localized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions-checkboxes-do-not-align-when-localized/380966)
**Author:** [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions-checkboxes-do-not-align-when-localized/380966 "2025-08-30T08:41:11Z")
When localized the headers above the checkboxes in the permissions table do not align as the texts are a bit longer than English texts. It would be better to center the checkboxes below the headers, something like th… --- ## [Unboxing Discourse 3.5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unboxing-discourse-3-5/379249)
**Author:** [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unboxing-discourse-3-5/379249 "2025-08-30T01:49:17Z")
After six months of steady improvements in our beta releases, we’re excited to announce our latest release, Discourse 3.5. This release, we focused on improving both the member and community management experience. We’ve … --- ## [What are the prospects for an official Salesforce Integration/Plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-prospects-for-an-official-salesforce-integration-plugin/177575)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Kolodner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_Kolodner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-prospects-for-an-official-salesforce-integration-plugin/177575 "2025-08-29T22:33:37Z")
Hi Discourse team (and community!), This is a follow-up on Discourse vs Salesforce Community vs Slack At Markforged we’ve been discussing building communities for our channel partners (resellers) and our customers. One… --- ## [Density Toggle Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/density-toggle-component/350967)
**Author:** [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/density-toggle-component/350967 "2025-08-29T18:42:11Z")
:information\_source: Summary Change your viewing density :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - discourse/density-toggle: This theme component allows users to set the density of their view of a Discourse fo… --- ## [How to fork a plugin that's now in core](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fork-a-plugin-thats-now-in-core/380926)
**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fork-a-plugin-thats-now-in-core/380926 "2025-08-29T16:56:49Z")
I intend to revitalize the subject; however, with the latest update, I integrated the AI plugin, and upon switching to the core system, the modifications I made were lost. How might I implement a solution similar to this… --- ## [Overriding user\_guardian.rb in a plugin (no fork necessary!)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overriding-user-guardian-rb-in-a-plugin-no-fork-necessary/174839)
**Author:** [@leighno5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leighno5)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overriding-user-guardian-rb-in-a-plugin-no-fork-necessary/174839 "2021-01-04T15:34:41Z")
Hey, sorry for the newbie question here. Have been reading the docs but need some guidance, please. I’ve forked Discourse and made my own changes, which I’d like to then do my own deploy from. The guide on contributing … --- ## [Add H1 in NOJS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/h1-in-nojs-hinzufugen/380909)
**Author:** [@jan2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jan2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/h1-in-nojs-hinzufugen/380909 "2025-08-29T16:27:02Z")
Hello everyone, when Google crawls my forum, the NOJS version is played. The main heading is not marked as H1 there. Can this be changed? --- ## [Major upgrade -- best practices?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/major-upgrade-best-practices/380545)
**Author:** [@dylanb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanb)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/major-upgrade-best-practices/380545 "2025-08-29T16:19:56Z")
My Discourse installation has fallen out of date (3.2.0.beta4-dev) and I need to upgrade to 3.5. I am worried about disturbing things and use a few plugins/integrations that I haven’t wanted to change (WP Discourse, logi… --- ## [Navigation on "user pages" is not user friendly on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-on-user-pages-is-not-user-friendly-on-mobile/380867)
**Author:** [@donaldsoncd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donaldsoncd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-on-user-pages-is-not-user-friendly-on-mobile/380867 "2025-08-29T07:44:38Z")
Hello! On mobile the navigation experience of user pages is not user friendly. This mainly is an issue when users want to view their own account, activities, profile and preferences. When you view your own user page, … --- ## [Is it possible to change the icon for staff notices?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-icon-for-staff-notices/271436)
**Author:** [@nawthor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nawthor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-icon-for-staff-notices/271436 "2025-08-29T10:50:15Z")
Is it possible to change the icon used on Staff Notices, either through css or a setting that I just haven’t found? Preferably we’d like to swap it out for a custom picture rather than a FA icon. --- ## [Invite Only and Auth skip create confirm settings show signup popup when using together](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-and-auth-skip-create-confirm-settings-show-signup-popup-when-using-together/380885)
**Author:** [@trobiyo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trobiyo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-and-auth-skip-create-confirm-settings-show-signup-popup-when-using-together/380885 "2025-08-29T10:14:21Z")
Hello @team , I’ve stumble upon what we consider a small :bug: bug regarding OAuth and the use of the Invite Only and Auth skip create confirm settings together. Repro steps: Invite only : enabled. Login required: en… --- ## [Restore specific discourse backup version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-specific-discourse-backup-version/380574)
**Author:** [@Sailormoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sailormoon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-specific-discourse-backup-version/380574 "2025-08-29T09:54:36Z")
I had a small discourse forum for a few years and it works well. I set up autobackups, but didn’t update discourse version for a long time. Server died, but I have backup. Backup is from the old discourse version, about… --- ## [Topic published on 'Invalid date' with ActivityPub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-published-on-invalid-date-with-activitypub/360228)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-published-on-invalid-date-with-activitypub/360228 "2025-08-29T07:38:39Z")
In that topic, the topic says ‘Topic was published via ActivityPub on Invalid date’. See this screenshot: --- ## [Composer menu: on narrow pages, items disappear off the right side including all important OPTIONS item](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-menu-on-narrow-pages-items-disappear-off-the-right-side-including-all-important-options-item/72424)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-menu-on-narrow-pages-items-disappear-off-the-right-side-including-all-important-options-item/72424 "2025-08-29T06:38:36Z")
On narrow windows, the items on the right side of the composer menu disappear and there is no indicator that they even exist until you make the window wide again. On mobile this means rotating the phone, which then (on m… --- ## [Log back in as admin after locking yourself out with read-only mode or an invalid SSO configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-back-in-as-admin-after-locking-yourself-out-with-read-only-mode-or-an-invalid-sso-configuration/89605)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-back-in-as-admin-after-locking-yourself-out-with-read-only-mode-or-an-invalid-sso-configuration/89605 "2025-08-29T06:23:20Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to log back into Discourse as an admin when you have been locked out. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator If you’ve locked yourself out of your Discourse instan… --- ## [Automatically embed Mastodon posts from URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-embed-mastodon-posts-from-url/257460)
**Author:** [@crashfistfighter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crashfistfighter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-embed-mastodon-posts-from-url/257460 "2025-08-29T06:10:07Z")
Hi there, my community shares a lot of Mastodon posts. Although the resulting OneBox gives a preview of the post, users typically need to click through to see the full post and any embedded media. Alternatively, users c… --- ## [Reply by e-mail message clip bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-e-mail-message-clip-bug/380809)
**Author:** [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-e-mail-message-clip-bug/380809 "2025-08-29T05:49:48Z")
Seems to be a minor bug when replying by email here the previous message is clipped except for the sender address and timestamp from discoursemail. --- ## [URL highlighting is not up to specifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-highlighting-is-not-up-to-specifications/380266)
**Author:** [@carbon-starlight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carbon-starlight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-highlighting-is-not-up-to-specifications/380266 "2025-08-29T05:15:00Z")
P.S. When I tried to post, I saw An error occurred: Sorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post. popup. I don’t know what kind of spam is it able to prevent as one link is enough for most spammers, but now I have to … --- ## [Twitter/X links not unfurling correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-x-links-not-unfurling-correctly/380754)
**Author:** [@WolfpackFan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WolfpackFan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-x-links-not-unfurling-correctly/380754 "2025-08-29T04:55:57Z")
When I post a direct twitter/x link in my forum it is not correctly unfurling. When I post the exact same link here on the discourse forum it is working. My installed version: 3.6.0.beta1-dev (7c34595144) Correctly Un… --- ## [Plugin devcontainer config for GitHub Codespaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-devcontainer-config-for-github-codespaces/380851)
**Author:** [@Alteras](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alteras)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-devcontainer-config-for-github-codespaces/380851 "2025-08-29T03:00:40Z")
I recently made a GitHub Codespaces devcontainer config for discourse plugins that will automatically clone the discourse core repo around the plugin, generating a fresh discourse dev environment for each plugin. ▶ Scree… --- ## [Recurring events in Upcoming Events calendar fail to handle daylight saving change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recurring-events-in-upcoming-events-calendar-fail-to-handle-daylight-saving-change/380712)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recurring-events-in-upcoming-events-calendar-fail-to-handle-daylight-saving-change/380712 "2025-08-29T01:21:07Z")
It looks like when a recurring event crosses over from one daylight saving state to the other, the time of the event changes by an hour in the Upcoming Events calendar. This will happen even when the event and the user v… --- ## [Managing Images in AI context](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-images-in-ai-context/380828)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-images-in-ai-context/380828 "2025-08-28T22:32:20Z")
We had some internal questions about image management in AI contexts so I wanted to cover some of the considerations in a public problem. The problem LLMs today support multiple modalities. All major vendors now support… --- ## [Suggestion User report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-user-report/380636)
**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-user-report/380636 "2025-08-28T22:03:21Z")
Hello I recently thought of some thing new. Sometimes someone joins a community and has something wrong with their profile I.E. An inappropriate username or picture something in their bio etc… Well I was thinking what… --- ## [How to deal with sudden high “Other traffic” in site analytics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deal-with-sudden-high-other-traffic-in-site-analytics/379790)
**Author:** [@Monikas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monikas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deal-with-sudden-high-other-traffic-in-site-analytics/379790 "2025-08-28T21:43:02Z")
Hi everyone, I recently noticed a huge spike in “Other traffic” on my forum’s community health page (Discourse admin dashboard → Reports → Community health). Here are the details: • Period: Around early August 2025… --- ## [Provide more actionable error messages when a user attempts to utilise a tag in category which that tag isn't allowed in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-more-actionable-error-messages-when-a-user-attempts-to-utilise-a-tag-in-category-which-that-tag-isnt-allowed-in/380814)
**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-more-actionable-error-messages-when-a-user-attempts-to-utilise-a-tag-in-category-which-that-tag-isnt-allowed-in/380814 "2025-08-28T20:18:16Z")
As an example, see: Discourse should recommend that I utilise the correct category, rather than merely inform me that the tag is disallowed. --- ## [Disabling emoji auto-complete as a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-emoji-auto-complete-as-a-user/300671)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-emoji-auto-complete-as-a-user/300671 "2025-08-28T20:04:33Z")
Hi :slight\_smile: I would like to be able to disable emoji auto-complete as an user, please. :slight\_smile: Please see Disabling emoji auto-complete and Disabling smileys (on discourse.gnome.org). --- ## [Bulk mark messages and posters as spam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-mark-messages-and-posters-as-spam/325966)
**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-mark-messages-and-posters-as-spam/325966 "2025-08-28T18:19:37Z")
My forum Coding Forum - Developers Discussions and Problem-Solving on ShakaCode Forum got overrun with spam in the past few weeks! It’s so much that I can’t manually go into every message. How can I search and bulk … --- ## [User field prompt TC gives a blank output](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt-tc-gives-a-blank-output/380654)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt-tc-gives-a-blank-output/380654 "2025-08-28T16:05:49Z")
Hi, when using that TC: User Field Prompt , it displays a blank page when saving the post. This TC does’nt work for me. --- ## [Why are posts in Swedish un-translated to Finnish, default locale?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-posts-in-swedish-un-translated-to-finnish-default-locale/380780)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-posts-in-swedish-un-translated-to-finnish-default-locale/380780 "2025-08-28T15:57:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI: I tried to demonstrate localization functionality to my users. I know I have Swedish and Estonian members, who can theirs nat… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=false&page=191) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=false&page=193)